Sainsbury’s Buying Teams ensure that we get the best products at the best prices to help us deliver quality and value to our customers. We aim to deliver on a mission that matters: Helping Everyone Eat Better.

You will own, deliver and optimise the sourcing, buying and selling strategy for the beef, burgers and BBQ buying area. This will be achieved through brilliant sourcing, buying and selling strategies. Great product selection, product innovation, value and profit optimisation and supplier management.

This is a great role for someone looking to get involved in delivering a large scale strategy project as we aim to deliver a ‘Game Changer’ project covering end to end sourcing and selling, considering quality, environmental credentials, sustainability and the future needs of our customers as we meet our corporate ‘Plan for Better’ objectives’. Beef is a key area within MFP and being able to think short and long term in this area is key in the current and future success of the area.  

The role requires strong supplier management, P&L management. and delivery and training and coaching of C4 buyer. We are looking for someone with positive energy, who thinks independently but works well in a team environment and can lead cross-functionally and own critical commercial recommendations.

More about the role:

• Develop and execute a customer-focused, source and selection strategy for beef, burgers & BBQ
• Lead a matrix cross functional team (Agriculture, Development, Technical, Supply Chain, Finance)
• Manage complex E2E buying models
• Identify and negotiate cost savings through brilliant supplier relationship management and understanding of the end-to-end supply chain
• Take a leading and driving role in the beef Game Changer project.
• Implement Pricing, Promotional & Ranging strategies
• Analyse financial, market and customer data to identify opportunities to deliver a market-leading product range, including regularly review own label products against their appropriate competitor benchmarks
• Accountable for Category plan at Sub Cat level
• Work with Supply Chain, Own Brand and Retail to drive product range
• Deliver to business targets on sales, profit, value and range
• Support the implementation of NPD (New Product Development)
• Liaise with the Product Technologist/Developer in setting the quality criteria for products, ensuring the optimal balance between quality and price is maintained

More about you:

• Previous senior buying experience (essential)
• Ideally beef supply chain knowledge or another MFP supply chain.
• Know and understand the product, market and consumer
• Experience of tender process
• Knowledge of buying systems and processes
• Strong commercial acumen
• Effective communication, networker and influencing skills
• Brilliant prioritisation and organisation
• Ability to spot issues, plan to mitigate risk with high levels of resilience
• Experience to lead relevant cross functional projects through to delivery
• An inspiring and engaging team player

As well as lots of on-the-job training and endless opportunities, you’ll get:

• Colleague discount across our multi-brands – Sainsbury’s, Argos and Habitat
• Holiday allowance
• Bonus scheme
• Pension plan
• Special offers on gym memberships, restaurants, holidays, retail vouchers and more

Work-life balance is important to us, so we offer our colleagues as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust them to decide how, where and when they work, combining remote and collaborative working with a flexible approach to hours, giving them plenty of time and space for life outside of work whilst delivering against our business goals.